Franklin, Louisiana has a thriving political landscape. The politics in Franklin revolve around issues like education, infrastructure, economic development, and public safety. Local politicians are actively working to improve the quality of life for all of Franklin's citizens. Every election cycle, the citizens of Franklin have an opportunity to select their representatives from a field of qualified candidates who present their positions and plans for the future. In addition to local elections, Franklin residents also participate in state and national elections every year as well. Through their votes, they can help shape the future of Franklin as well as the nation at large. With active involvement in local and national politics, the citizens of Franklin can ensure that their voices are heard and that they have a say in how their town is run.
The political climate in Zip 70538 (Franklin, LA) is moderately conservative.
St. Mary County, LA is strongly conservative. In St. Mary County, LA 34.7% of the people voted Democrat in the last presidential election, 63.9% voted for the Republican Party, and the remaining 1.4% voted Independent.
In the last Presidential election, St. Mary parish remained overwhelmingly Republican, 63.9% to 34.7%.
St. Mary county voted Republican in every Presidential election since 2000.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index
Zip 70538 (Franklin, LA) is moderately conservative.
Franklin, Louisiana is moderately conservative.
St. Mary County, Louisiana is strongly conservative.
Morgan City Metro Area is strongly conservative.
Louisiana is moderately conservative.
The BestPlaces liberal/conservative index is based on recent voting in national elections, federal campaign contributions by local residents, and consumer personality profiles.
VoteWord™
Displaying 20 years of Presidential voting, visualized in one word.
Franklin, Louisiana: r R R R R R
How It Works:
Here at BestPlaces, we were looking at the voting patterns since the 2000 election and realized that we could express the results of each election as one letter. R if the Republican Party candidate won, D for the Democrat and I for the Independent. The six elections (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2020) would be expressed as six-letter word (R R D R R).
Then we went a little further and added the dimension of magnitude. If the difference of victory was greater than 10 percent, the letter is upper case, and lower case if the difference was less than 10 percent. This allows us to see interesting voting patterns at just a glance.
Here's the VoteWord for Iowa d r d d r. In the last six elections the state has been closely contested, voting narrowly for the Republican Party candidate in 2016 and 2020 after voting for the Democratic Party in 2008 and 2012. Virginia (r r d d d D) has voted for the Democratic Party in the last three elections.
Individual Campaign Contributions in zip 70538 (Franklin)
In the last 4 years (2018-2021), there were 59 contributions totaling $7,310 to the Democratic Party and liberal campaigns, averaging $124 per contribution.
In the last 4 years, there were 60 contributions totaling $32,952 to the Republican Party and conservative campaigns, averaging $549 per contribution.
(source: Federal Election Commission)